Home runs lead Dunlap softball in coach's debut

Home runs helped give Dunlap coach Heather Cassady her first career softball win on Monday afternoon.

The host Eagles hit four homers en route to a 12-3 nonconference softball win over Galesburg. Ashley Wetherill went 4-for-4 and drove in seven. The senior hit a two-run blast in the fifth and a grand slam in the sixth.

Erin Smith added a three-run homer in the fourth and Mackenzie Taylor added a solo shot in the sixth. Brooke VanHootegem went 2-for-5 with fifth-inning homer for the Silver Streaks (2-4).

NOTRE DAME 5, MORTON 1: Marcy Serrano’s two-run home run the second gave host ND (1-0) a 2-1 lead at the Franciscan Center. Reigning Player of the Year Annie Fleming added a two-run homer in the third. Mikkinzie Stokes struck out eight and walked one for the Irish.

EAST PEORIA 3, IVC 0: Sarah Finck hit a two-run home run as part of a three-run third at EastSide Centre. The Illinois State signee (3-0) struck out 12, scattered five hits and went 2-for-3 for EP (4-0).

BRIMFIELD/ELMWOOD 3, PRINCEVILLE 0: Morgan Florey helped herself with two home runs as the host Indians (1-0) opened their season. The Farmington transfer tossed a one-hitter with 13 strikeouts and one walk. Jordan Kraft scattered five hits and struck out 10 for Princeville (4-2).

FARMINGTON 11, ANNAWAN/WETHERSFIELD 10: The Farmers walked off with a season-opening victory thanks to a RBI from leadoff hitter Bree Bosozki. Jessica Buster’s RBI tied the game at 10. Farmington’s Bre Springer went 2-for-2 and hit a grand slam in the fourth.

METAMORA 11, STREATOR 3: Abby Barrow (4-for-4, double, triple, three RBIs) and Jackie DeJaynes (4-for-4, three RBIs) were a big part of the Redbirds’ 17 hits. Delaney Tjaden struck out six for host Metamora (2-2).

TREMONT 15, DEER CREEK-MACKINAW 4: Behind 22 hits, the Turks (3-0) used a nine-run sixth and were led by Ashley Reinbeck (3-for-5), Wesley Woodard (3-for-5, two RBIs, two triples) and Kirstin Kent (3-for-4, homer, two RBIs).

AT GOSHEN, KY.: Limestone beat Jeffersonville (Ind.) 5-4 and Goshen (Ky.) North Oldham 6-5. Ashley Jones went a combined 4-for-7 with three RBIs and a home run to lead the Rockets (4-0).